§9039 Reports to Congress; Regulations

Summary

The Commission must send a full report to the Senate and House as soon as it can after each matching payment period. The report must show: the candidates’ qualified campaign expenses (with whatever detail the Commission thinks is needed), the amounts the Commission certified for payment under section 9036 to each eligible candidate, and any amounts candidates must pay under section 9038 along with the reasons for those payments. The Commission may also create rules, carry out extra exams and audits, investigate, and require any books or records it thinks are needed to do its work. Before making any rule, the Commission must send both Houses a statement with the proposed rule and a full explanation. If neither House disapproves within 30 legislative days, the Commission may adopt the rule. If either House disapproves, the Commission may not adopt it. When a House committee files a resolution about a rule, a motion to consider that resolution is allowed at any time, is treated as urgent, and cannot be debated, changed, or reconsidered. “Legislative days” exclude calendar days when both Houses are not in session. A “rule or regulation” means one separable rule or a group of connected provisions that form one rule.